(Randal Houle)
@hikingauthor.bsky.social
I drive a school bus and write. Poetry: Rain Totem, Black Hole, Road to Omak. Flash in Bending Genres, Cluster of Lights. Seeking representation on a novel. Favorite procrastination strategies: hiking, kayaking, camping.
Blue mountains. Oregon Trail. Your trail has fallen ill.
May 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Blue mountains. Oregon Trail. Your trail has fallen ill.
The sun poking through a pollution trail at Spring Creek “Oregon Trail”
May 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The sun poking through a pollution trail at Spring Creek “Oregon Trail”
“Fate, up against your will… your sky all hung with jewels”
EVERY SINGLE LINE hits. I M so glad to be in my neo-existentialist era to enjoy it.
EVERY SINGLE LINE hits. I M so glad to be in my neo-existentialist era to enjoy it.
May 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Fate, up against your will… your sky all hung with jewels”
EVERY SINGLE LINE hits. I M so glad to be in my neo-existentialist era to enjoy it.
EVERY SINGLE LINE hits. I M so glad to be in my neo-existentialist era to enjoy it.
What if, hear me out, I was a writer with some interesting stories and looking for literary magazines to pitch me to submit lol #amquerying #amwriting
April 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What if, hear me out, I was a writer with some interesting stories and looking for literary magazines to pitch me to submit lol #amquerying #amwriting
Contractually-obligated post haircut selfie. That I you for your attention to this important matter.
April 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Contractually-obligated post haircut selfie. That I you for your attention to this important matter.
Before “The White Lotus” season 3 finale, I’m just going to put this out there. My prediction for who dies… they all do. Except Carrie Coon. And the brother-sister at the ashram. And maybe “Greg” who is a cockroach. What do you think?
April 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Before “The White Lotus” season 3 finale, I’m just going to put this out there. My prediction for who dies… they all do. Except Carrie Coon. And the brother-sister at the ashram. And maybe “Greg” who is a cockroach. What do you think?
At a Chinese diner proofing a short story for submission. Got this little gem of a fortune. #amwriting
March 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
At a Chinese diner proofing a short story for submission. Got this little gem of a fortune. #amwriting
Just working late today and planning a 10- day hiking and camping trip. What are your best and favorites?
March 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Just working late today and planning a 10- day hiking and camping trip. What are your best and favorites?
Sitting down to watch #BlackBag have you seen it? Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbinder. I have no idea how to bind a “Fass” I’m hoping this movie answers that question. 😂
March 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sitting down to watch #BlackBag have you seen it? Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbinder. I have no idea how to bind a “Fass” I’m hoping this movie answers that question. 😂
Also researching camping for an upcoming trip. This one might happen in southeast Oregon to Crater Lake.
March 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Also researching camping for an upcoming trip. This one might happen in southeast Oregon to Crater Lake.
So, here’s my top few songs of #stereolab that aren’t Jenny Ondioline or French Disko, great cuts, there are so many.
Fluorescences
Op Hop Detonation (who loves a brass-electric guitar duo) absolutely stunning after over two decades.
“Get a Shot of the Refrigerator” -fun, bouncy, danceable.
Fluorescences
Op Hop Detonation (who loves a brass-electric guitar duo) absolutely stunning after over two decades.
“Get a Shot of the Refrigerator” -fun, bouncy, danceable.
March 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So, here’s my top few songs of #stereolab that aren’t Jenny Ondioline or French Disko, great cuts, there are so many.
Fluorescences
Op Hop Detonation (who loves a brass-electric guitar duo) absolutely stunning after over two decades.
“Get a Shot of the Refrigerator” -fun, bouncy, danceable.
Fluorescences
Op Hop Detonation (who loves a brass-electric guitar duo) absolutely stunning after over two decades.
“Get a Shot of the Refrigerator” -fun, bouncy, danceable.
My career (might seem to some) lacks cohesion, lacks that easily definable quality. I am a writer. A novelist that never publishes and keeps rewriting my work.
Maybe I was just born that way. I was just (apparently) not designed for the whatever you all call stability.
Maybe I was just born that way. I was just (apparently) not designed for the whatever you all call stability.
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My career (might seem to some) lacks cohesion, lacks that easily definable quality. I am a writer. A novelist that never publishes and keeps rewriting my work.
Maybe I was just born that way. I was just (apparently) not designed for the whatever you all call stability.
Maybe I was just born that way. I was just (apparently) not designed for the whatever you all call stability.
The other day, as I reflected on my upcoming birthday, I considered whether I wanted to start dating again. In some ways I’m ready, in other more practical ways, I’m still under construction. I live remote to almost everyone, I am a grandfather, a writer with several unpublished manuscripts
March 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The other day, as I reflected on my upcoming birthday, I considered whether I wanted to start dating again. In some ways I’m ready, in other more practical ways, I’m still under construction. I live remote to almost everyone, I am a grandfather, a writer with several unpublished manuscripts
And I love, absolutely love Smash Cake and its publishers who embraced my words so early on. Those early adopters, people who “sided with me” when I lacked “proof” are people that I remember well.
March 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And I love, absolutely love Smash Cake and its publishers who embraced my words so early on. Those early adopters, people who “sided with me” when I lacked “proof” are people that I remember well.
That “eyelashes” story really wrote itself. As though I rolled out dough and made a rough loaf of it, but some people like white bread, pre-sliced, cause it’s all they’ve had. And others prefer more rustic loaves.
I submitted that story to 17 journals. All rejected it.
I submitted that story to 17 journals. All rejected it.
March 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
That “eyelashes” story really wrote itself. As though I rolled out dough and made a rough loaf of it, but some people like white bread, pre-sliced, cause it’s all they’ve had. And others prefer more rustic loaves.
I submitted that story to 17 journals. All rejected it.
I submitted that story to 17 journals. All rejected it.
“American Fiction” came up in class last summer. And it’s been some time. Are we talking about Percival Everett yet?
March 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“American Fiction” came up in class last summer. And it’s been some time. Are we talking about Percival Everett yet?
Happy birthday to one of my fave word artists!
My birthday month is here!!
If you love weird, experimental, super short stories, then grab a copy of my collection THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social)!
Tell friends, family, leave a review on any book tracking app, and let’s celebrate flash together!
www.uapress.com/product/thes...
If you love weird, experimental, super short stories, then grab a copy of my collection THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social)!
Tell friends, family, leave a review on any book tracking app, and let’s celebrate flash together!
www.uapress.com/product/thes...
February 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Happy birthday to one of my fave word artists!
Reposted by (Randal Houle)
When I need reminding about the intimate processes from which literature is produced, I re-read parts of this interview with James Salter. No one could craft a better sentence than him.
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1...
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1...
James Salter, The Art of Fiction No. 133
“The real event of the 1980s was . . . the emergence of great looting fortunes . . . which made us revise the value of everything—not to the benefit of society . . . ”
www.theparisreview.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When I need reminding about the intimate processes from which literature is produced, I re-read parts of this interview with James Salter. No one could craft a better sentence than him.
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1...
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1...
“One time in third grade, I pulled all my eyelashes out.” Is the first line of a story I wrote in 2008 and I still love it. It has the benefit of being completely true and also a little bizarre, unless you are one of those kids that did this, which many have told me.
February 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“One time in third grade, I pulled all my eyelashes out.” Is the first line of a story I wrote in 2008 and I still love it. It has the benefit of being completely true and also a little bizarre, unless you are one of those kids that did this, which many have told me.
“Hotness” I will now reply based on hotness. LOL
November 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
“Hotness” I will now reply based on hotness. LOL
Welcome peeps! Wrapping up notes for my graduate student’s thesis for fall semester. My mind is turning toward a season of gratitude.
November 14, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Welcome peeps! Wrapping up notes for my graduate student’s thesis for fall semester. My mind is turning toward a season of gratitude.
A few things to kick off the algorithm:
📚 Writer | Reader | Indie Publishing Enthusiast
🎨 Art Lover | Curator of Beautiful Things
🚣♂️ Kayaker | Hiker | Nature's Admirer
🌿 Exploring the intersection of creativity and the great outdoors
🖋️ Sharing my journey through words and worlds
📚 Writer | Reader | Indie Publishing Enthusiast
🎨 Art Lover | Curator of Beautiful Things
🚣♂️ Kayaker | Hiker | Nature's Admirer
🌿 Exploring the intersection of creativity and the great outdoors
🖋️ Sharing my journey through words and worlds
August 27, 2024 at 5:57 PM
A few things to kick off the algorithm:
📚 Writer | Reader | Indie Publishing Enthusiast
🎨 Art Lover | Curator of Beautiful Things
🚣♂️ Kayaker | Hiker | Nature's Admirer
🌿 Exploring the intersection of creativity and the great outdoors
🖋️ Sharing my journey through words and worlds
📚 Writer | Reader | Indie Publishing Enthusiast
🎨 Art Lover | Curator of Beautiful Things
🚣♂️ Kayaker | Hiker | Nature's Admirer
🌿 Exploring the intersection of creativity and the great outdoors
🖋️ Sharing my journey through words and worlds